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FLOUR-MILL FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,421, dated December 18, 1883.

Application filed September 15, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom ibm/wy concern.:

Be it known that I, PETER HARNIs'r, of Marine, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flour-Mill Feeders, of which the following is a full, clear, and Xact description. f

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatelcorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same, the cover being removed. Fig. 4. is a sectional side elevation of a modification of the same.

The object of thisinvention is to secure uniformity in feeding our, middlings, grain, and

other substances to sieves and rolls in fleurmills.

A represents the box or casing of the feeder,

Vin the top of which is an aperture, in which is secured the end of a spout, B, for introducing the substance into the feeder.

To the upper part of the rear side of the casing A is hinged, by staples D or other suitable means, the upper edge of aplate, E. The lower part of the plate E rests upon crankarms G, formed upon or rigidly attached to a shaft, H, which Works in bearings in the sides -of vthe casing A, and 'has a` cratni, I, formed upon or attached to its end irriconvenience in operating it, so that byiopirating the crank-shaft H any desired inclination can be given to the plate E. The crank-shaft H can be secured in any position intowhich it may be adjusted by pins J designed toV be inserted in holes in the side of the casing A at the sides of the crank I.

To the upper part of the plate E is attached a spout, K, to receive the substance from the spout B and guide it tothe semi-conical plate L, ,attached to the said plate E, and by which .thesaid substance is spread into a sheet as it passes down.

To the casing A are attached two inclined plates, M, to receive the substance, contract it into a thin sheet, and feed it to the sieves' or the rolls C of the mill.

In the upper part of the casing A, in front of and facing the spout K, is placed a second spout, N, to assist in guiding the substance to the spreader L. The spout N is supported from the casing A or plate E by wires or rods O, to which the said spout N is attached.

If desired, a second inclined plate, E', canbe placed below the plate E, and in a reversed position, the said plate being provided witha spreader, L', and an adjusting crank-shaft, Gr H', in the same manner as the first plate E, as shown in Fig. 4.

With this construction the flour, middlings,

grain, or other substance will be fed to the sieves or rolls in a wide thin sheet, so as to be evenly distributed.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a feeder, the combination, with the casing, of the inclined plate having at its upper end the guidespout K, and below said spout the semi-conical spreader, the guidespont N, arranged to extend within the guidespout K, and the inclined guide-platcs M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A feeder, constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of a casing, an inclined plate provided with a guidespout, a semi-conical spreader, an adjusting crank-shaft, and a pair of inclined guideplates, as set forth.

3. In a feeder, the combination, with the guide-spout K and the adjustable inclined plate E, of the guide-spout N and the semiconical spreader, as set forth.

PETER HARNIST.

Witnesses:

PETER FISHER, F. G. BLANKE. 

